Deep reinforcement learning for robotics: A survey of real-world successes

C Tang, B Abbatematteo, J Hu… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Reinforcement learning (RL), particularly its combination with deep neural networks,
referred to as deep RL (DRL), has shown tremendous promise across a wide range of …

Learning-based legged locomotion: State of the art and future perspectives

S Ha, J Lee, M van de Panne, Z **e… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Legged locomotion holds the premise of universal mobility, a critical capability for many real-
world robotic applications. Both model-based and learning-based approaches have …

Extreme parkour with legged robots

X Cheng, K Shi, A Agarwal… - 2024 IEEE International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Humans can perform parkour by traversing obstacles in a highly dynamic fashion requiring
precise eye-muscle coordination and movement. Getting robots to do the same task requires …

Scientific exploration of challenging planetary analog environments with a team of legged robots

P Arm, G Waibel, J Preisig, T Tuna, R Zhou, V Bickel… - Science robotics, 2023 - science.org
The interest in exploring planetary bodies for scientific investigation and in situ resource
utilization is ever-rising. Yet, many sites of interest are inaccessible to state-of-the-art …

Rapid locomotion via reinforcement learning

GB Margolis, G Yang, K Paigwar… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Agile maneuvers such as sprinting and high-speed turning in the wild are challenging for
legged robots. We present an end-to-end learned controller that achieves record agility for …

Mobile aloha: Learning bimanual mobile manipulation with low-cost whole-body teleoperation

Z Fu, TZ Zhao, C Finn - arxiv preprint arxiv:2401.02117, 2024 - arxiv.org
Imitation learning from human demonstrations has shown impressive performance in
robotics. However, most results focus on table-top manipulation, lacking the mobility and …

Reinforcement learning for versatile, dynamic, and robust bipedal locomotion control

Z Li, XB Peng, P Abbeel, S Levine… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper presents a comprehensive study on using deep reinforcement learning (RL) to
create dynamic locomotion controllers for bipedal robots. Going beyond focusing on a single …

Trace and pace: Controllable pedestrian animation via guided trajectory diffusion

D Rempe, Z Luo, X Bin Peng, Y Yuan… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - openaccess.thecvf.com
We introduce a method for generating realistic pedestrian trajectories and full-body
animations that can be controlled to meet user-defined goals. We draw on recent advances …

Toward general-purpose robots via foundation models: A survey and meta-analysis

Y Hu, Q **e, V Jain, J Francis, J Patrikar… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Building general-purpose robots that operate seamlessly in any environment, with any
object, and utilizing various skills to complete diverse tasks has been a long-standing goal in …

Robot parkour learning

Z Zhuang, Z Fu, J Wang, C Atkeson… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Parkour is a grand challenge for legged locomotion that requires robots to overcome various
obstacles rapidly in complex environments. Existing methods can generate either diverse …